Estimation of expectedness: Predictive accuracy of standard therapy outcomes in randomized phase 3 studies in epithelial ovarian cancer

Cancer

Volumn 121, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 413-422

  Castonguay, Vincent ^a,b   Wilson, Michelle K ^b   Diaz Padilla, Ivan ^b   Wang, Lisa ^b   Oza, Amit M ^b  

^a LAVAL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b PRINCESS MARGARET HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Endpoints; Epithelial ovarian cancer; Phase 3 trials; Randomized; Statistical design; Survival

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; BEVACIZUMAB; CANFOSFAMIDE; CARBOPLATIN; CISPLATIN; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; DOCETAXEL; DOXORUBICIN; EPIRUBICIN; EPOTHILONE B; ETOPOSIDE; GEMCITABINE; GRANULOCYTE COLONY STIMULATING FACTOR; LEUPRORELIN; MELPHALAN; OREGOVOMAB; PACLITAXEL; PLATINUM COMPLEX; TANOMASTAT; TOPOTECAN; TRABECTEDIN; TREOSULFAN; VALSPODAR;

ARTICLE; CANCER GROWTH; CANCER SURVIVAL; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG MEGADOSE; EARLY INTERVENTION; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MEASUREMENT ACCURACY; MULTIPLE CYCLE TREATMENT; OBSERVATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OVARY CARCINOMA; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PHASE 3 CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); PREDICTIVE VALUE; PROGRESSION FREE SURVIVAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; THERAPY DELAY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; BIOASSAY; COHORT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; NEOPLASMS, GLANDULAR AND EPITHELIAL; OVARIAN NEOPLASMS; PROCEDURES; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SURVIVAL;

CLINICAL TRIALS, PHASE III AS TOPIC; COHORT STUDIES; ENDPOINT DETERMINATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; NEOPLASMS, GLANDULAR AND EPITHELIAL; OVARIAN NEOPLASMS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 84921512499     PISSN: 0008543X     EISSN: 10970142     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cncr.29030     Document Type: Article

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